Carte de visite.4" x " 2 3/8". N.P. Willis. C.D. Fredricks, NY backmark.
Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867), also known as N. P. Willis, was an American author, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He became the highest-paid magazine writer of his day. For a time, he was the employer of former slave and future writer Harriet Jacobs.
Dampstain on bottom edge on back of mount, very faint dampstain on frony, o/w Fine condition.  cdv la 22 willis 65.